Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-21


her colonies, with delight and amazement.
He began by considering which of the mag
azincs he should first address, whether Har
| per, or Scribner, or the Century, or the At
lantic: or whether he should try the English
| journals ongman's, Temple Bar, the
Cornhill the Gentmans, or Tillotsos, for
the Newspapers. Finally he resolved to be
patriotic and to send the first fruits of his
genius to the magazines of his own country
Afterward he would cross the ocean and
make pale with envy the faces of the Eng
liSh writer's.
Why tell the tale? Everybody will I'M
derstand that the clever boys crude pro
ductions found no favor. He pelted all the
editors with his papers. He had not had "A
single kind word from one Of them and now
it was all over. He had tried all: he had
been rejected by ALI and ne had no money
left. The situation was truly terrible. AT
the end of the week he would have to leave
his boarding house; it was the middle of the
winter and he would have no place to lay
his head.
And only six months before he had come
to the city, his head aname, his check
aslow, resolved to make his fortune and his
name at n single bound Here was a fulfil
ling of destiny, Here was glorious out
come of ambitionl Many youths of Is
have the same dream, but few there are
who believe it so profoundly as to reduce it
to actual experiment. Poor Iiphionl what
is to become of hm.'
He was so miserable that he dared not
think, but strolled along in purposeless
way and listened to the talk of the passers
by.
First there came two girls drcsscdin fuTs,
with thick wells, mufTs and gloves, and pro-
tected from the cold by the solid fortifica-
ton of a good luncheon. They prattled
of chiiions: and they quickly passed him.
Then followed two middle-agcd men who
talked of dollars; and they passed him.
Then two elderly ladies who were talking
of their minister: and they passed him.
| Then two young men who talked of dollars;
and they passed him. Then two other young
men who talked of dollars. Then more
women and more men, and they all talked
of dress and dollars; and they passed him.
Then there came along couple of men
who were speaking of something else.
81 tell YOU DOCTOR" said one of them,
that you ought to take a pupil"
Il have often thought of il. The diff
Guilty Is to find "A pupil.
you are not old, but you may die, and
then your incompatible powers and your
take pupil. "
My dear friend, where am | to find one?
l want thousand qualities combined in
one mind all of which are rare, taken scpa
ratcly For instance, | want youth, quick
intelligence, sympathy, highly nervous and
sensitive organization, poetic disposition,
wide reading and good education. | want
a young man who is perfectly free fr I'm the
trammels of relations, society and ties of
any kind. ! want, beside, one who will
! give absolute obedience and preserve, if |
require it, invioable secrecy. Beside this
he should be youth unspotted, not like
these young Gothamites up to all kinds of
deviltry: and he must be prepared to post
pone indefinitely the acquisition of dollars
Tell me, my friend where shall find such
a paragon, such Phoenix for a pupil:'
They passed him and went on.
Suddenly the words fell upon Ziphion
who had been listening languidly with a
new meaning. For what purpose could
this gentleman want such a pupil? He
quickened his steps and followed the speak
ers. Presently one of the two broke Off
and left the other, the man who wanted to
find the pupil
Iiphion followed this man. He tul ned out
of the Broadway into one of the side streets
! WHICH cIOSSel IL Ut Il5Hl angles. Presently
! he stopped at the door of a house. Then
an inspration-it was but chance-Ziph-
ion hurried up and addressed him.
''Sir, beg your pardon. May have one
word with you?'
"What is it,
"You want pupil. Take me-
The gentleman looked at him curiously
for a few moments
Come in, - he said.